Kings County Hospital Center Details

The following information was provided by the American Hospital Association.

General Information

Operated by: City	Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Number of Beds: 599	Parent system: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Services Provided

Inpatient

• Birthing room
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (child)
• End-of-life services (Pain management and Palliative care)
• Heart surgery (adult)
• Heart surgery (pediatric)
• Hospitalists
• Infection isolation room
• Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
• Neonatal intensive care
• Neonatal intermediate care
• Cancer services
• Psychiatric care (Psychiatric emergency services)

Outpatient

• Arthritis center
• Bariatric/weight control services
• Breast cancer screening/mammograms
• Certified trauma center
• Chemotherapy
• Dental services
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (child)
• Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
• Fitness center
• Geriatric services
• HIV-AIDS services
• Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
• Kidney dialysis
• Chemotherapy
• Physical rehabilitation
• Psychiatric services (Child/adolescent services, Consultation, Geriatric services and Outpatient care)
• Sleep center
• Stop-smoking program
• Sports medicine
• Substance-abuse programs
• Urgent-care center
• Women's health center
• Wound management services

Patient/Family Support Services

• Help with government services
• Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
• Cancer services
• Patient support groups
• Patient representative/ombusdman
• Transportation for elderly/handicapped
• Translation services

Community Outreach

• Health fairs
• Health screenings

Imaging Services (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)

• CT scanner
• Diagnostic radioisotope facility
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Multislice spiral CT
• Ultrasound

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Employed Staff

Full Time		Part Time
Physicians and dentists*:	337	Physicians and dentists*:	40
Registered nurses:	857	Registered nurses:	8
Licensed practical nurses:	159	Licensed practical nurses:	2
Faculty Personnel:	NA	Faculty Personnel:	NA

Statistics

Admissions:	25,386	Inpatient surgeries:	3,014
Outpatient visits:	771,285	Emergency room visits:	139,806
Births:	2,718	Number of Beds:	599

Notes